\paperw8325 \margr0\margl0\ATXph0 \plain \fs20 \f1 PowerPoint 97 is designed for the 32-bit Windows 95 and NT environments and is much easier to use and faster than its pre
decessors with extensive use made of the friendly Office Assistants and links to the Internet. PowerPoint 97 makes it easier than ever to create great presentations and has Slide Finder, Comments, Expand Slide, Summary Slide, Slide Miniature View in Outl
ine, Insert Duplicate Slide, better AutoContent Wizard and better Speakerís notes. \par
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With OfficeArt, PowerPoint presentations can now include 3D effects and over 50 new AutoShapes, Bezier curves, more picture editing, better charting facilities
and Clip Gallery 3. Seasoned users will also notice a new interface for animation, graph animation and native support of video AVI files. There is an improved AutoContent Wizard, voice-narrated slide shows and improved presentation conferencing in the n
ew version. And of course, thereís Visual Basic for Applications too so programming from within PowerPoint is a mouse click away.\par
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Any PowerPoint presentation can be saved as an HTML file and used on the Internet or your companyís Intranet whil
e anyone can add URLs (addresses for Internet sites) directly into your PowerPoint presentation. Clicking on the address will take you directly to that site via Microsoftís Internet Explorer.